The 16th Nitrogen Workshop



Connecting different scales of nitrogen use in agriculture



The 16th Nitrogen Workshop will be held in Turin, Italy, from June 28th to July 1st, 2009.

The Workshop is jointly organised by the Department of Crop Science of the University of Milan and by the Department of Agronomy, Forest and Land Management of the University of Turin.


Themes to be discussed

  1. Soil biology and N cycle
  2. Physiology of N in plants and soil micro-organisms
  3. Gaseous losses
  4. Short and long term modelling of N and C
  5. N management at cropping system scale
  6. N management at farm and regional scale
  7. Assessment of N efficiency and diagnostic tools
  8. N management and crop quality
  9. Sustainable N use in horticulture, viticulture, and tree crops
  10. Manure processing for sustainable N management
  11. Integrated management of N and other nutrients
  12. Education, dissemination, demonstration

General program

Sunday 28th June (afternoon) - Registration and Welcome Aperitivo

Monday 29th June - Workshop sessions

Tuesday 30th June - Workshop session, field trip and Workshop Dinner

Wednesday 1st July (morning) - Working groups and closing session


Workshop website

http://www.nitrogenworkshop2009.org


Contact information

For further questions, please contact us at the email address: info@nitrogenworkshop2009.org.

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The second announcement, with deadlines and more details, will be distributed before August 2008.


The organizing committee

University of Turin

University of Milan


Last updated: 16 March 2008.